Nigerian musician Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley has reportedly lost 500,000 Instagram followers in a week due to Mohbad’s demise.
The accusations against the singer that connected him and his friend Sammy Larry to the untimely death of his former signee Mohbad led to the start of the artist’s Instagram fall. It was said that once the late singer left the Marlians record label, they began a string of verbal and physical assaults against him.
On September 12, 2023, Mohbad died. At the time, Marley had about 7.5 million loyal Instagram followers. However, those numbers began to fall as additional claims that Mohbad had contributed to the late singer’s demise surfaced. He presently has 6.9 million platform followers as of right now.
The protests of Mohbad’s bereaved followers led to the widespread decision to boycott the singer, his music, and his record label. They haven’t been shy about criticising Marley in the comments area of his posts. Since then, they have spoken out for the singer’s justice both online and in person at nonviolent protests.
But Marley defended himself in a press release from his label, emphasising that he never hurt Mohbad and treated him like a brother. He also demanded justice for his former signee before switching his platform display photo to Mohbads. Unfortunately for him, many people were not convinced by his explanation and demanded that both he and his counterpart Larry be arrested and questioned.
Following Mohbad’s abrupt demise, the Nigerian police force formally opened an investigation, and the chief coroner was instructed to perform an autopsy to ascertain the cause.
